Mixed Bag of Holding: Ask a DM Q&A (8.31.2020)

"D-EMily Axford" loved that

No fucking way is this first d&d court?

I know exactly what Emily meant in the beginning. I gotchu Emily.

Think you guys should eat Dragon wars next, to keep with terrible CGI movies

Gremily

My player missing sessions solution was to play an old out of work actor whose big break is to take over the other characters role, they being on retainer in case someone is busy or cant make it for some reason. They would minimally dress the part (wigs and poor accents) and constantly ask the characters if they can "try that line again" or "what is my motivation here"

Emily! You nailsed that tiny nail we got you!

I was re-listening to 8 Bit Book Club and right before listening to this I just heard the episode where "Caldeum" was the name of Caldwell's goblin persona and surprisingly he made an appearance in like the first 20 seconds!! Crazy coincidence

Y’all forgot about gnomes with enlarge/reduce... so they could pick themselves up with a mage hand 😏

Naddpolygamy?

Call him a gremlin all you want, I know that it was my boy Caldeum, and he was missed!

Can confirm, Emily hit the teeny nail on its teeny head with her teeny hammer

I keep missing the question submission since I FINALLY play now 😂😅 Always find the advice interesting... I've never looked at gremlin stats... 🤔

Hand up for another tiny nail that got hit on its tiny tiny head. 😉

Yes, I will also agree and say Emily hot that tiny tiny nail on that tiny tiny head. Also, Murph was very adorable when he got offended when Emily asked Gremlin Caldwell about when she will find the love of her life. That’s the razzing I’m here for. It was very cute.

So happy to have my question answered! I've been working hard on a d20 random encounter table that my players may come across while traveling. And yes, there is one with some snow goblins who ask the players to fight a hydra on a frozen river! I think I may implement some quick-freezing water mechanics. If anyone wanted to check it out feel free! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IeHqnOTf2FVu0awKJfTfUiJeEhnH1Rh0PBtp4cKyKb8/edit?usp=sharing

yes emily I know exactly what you're talking about. You nailed that tiny nail

I'm definitely famous, I didn't buy those fans for nothing.

Thank y’all so much for answering my question!

paused the ep to say Emily hit the tiny nail on the head with that metaphor

Thank you! You guys answered my no-healers question. I think I will use the healing surge/Bev's Amulet type mechanic. The Warforged doesn't actually know what his true purpose is (he's just relic discovered near the magical well at the heart of the world). So I'm going to introduce the first time someone gets critical that a hidden compartment appears on him allowing people to bonus action use their hit dice! I also decided to introduce wandering apothecaries where players can spend gold to get rolls on a potion table I created. Some of them are healing potions or potions of strength, but some are love potions that make them charmed by the next person they see or poison that looks like healing potions to keep them on their toes! You all are the best!

Jake can play my NPCs

Gremily

Yay!!

I will be the listener who says “Emily, you hit that tiny nail right on its tiny head”

Now I can take my walk.